Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that investigators arrested multiple men in connection with the Louvre Museum heist on Saturday evening.

Suspects have been arrested over the brazen jewellery heist at the Louvre, just as one of them was about to fly out of France, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday.

Members of a forensic team inspect a window believed to have been used in what the French Interior Ministry said was a robbery at the Louvre museum during which jewellery was stolen, in Paris, France,

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty crown jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage even as authorities Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul.

The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for 2 days as the police investigated a brazen heist which resulted in the theft of France's “priceless” crown jewels. Thieves wielding power tools broke into the world's most visited museum in broad daylight,

French police have arrested suspects in connection to last week's brazen Louvre heist, where thieves made off with millions in stolen jewels. The big picture: The bandits were in and out in mere minutes — escaping on scooters with their historic loot that France's interior minister described as "priceless.

Tourists flock to Louvre window used in jewel heist. PARIS (AP) — Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museu